Another Colliery Fire. Outbreak in a Scottish Mine
LONDON, Friday Afternoon.--A fire in the main shaft of the Shawfield mine, in Lanarkshire, Scotland, demolished the pithead and the framework of the adjoining…
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Collieries on Fire. Escape of Miners. London, Aug. 28
A fire which occurred in the main shaft of Shawfield mine, Lanarkshire demolished the pit head framework and buildings…
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LONDON, Sunday Evening.—A destructive fire has occurred at the great sherry bodegas of Gonzalez, Byass, and Company, Limited, at Jerez de la Fronters, Spain…
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A sensational occurrence is reported from Jersey re la Frontera, a town in Spain noted for its sherry wines. A fire broke out in the sherry bodegas of…
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Shortly before 11 o'clock on Monday night s fire was discovered on the premises of Andres Burke, restaurant-keeper, 61 Market-street, city. The Metropolitan Fire Brigade was…
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Shortly before midnight last night a fire broke out in the Lakeside Wool Scouring Works, belonging to Messrs. Wright and Bruce in Botany-road, Botany, owing to the…
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Gerard D'Arcy Invine, in a letter to the editor of the "Herald," contends that the police of Sydney should have at least two free Sundays each month. "So far as the…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →Pirates in Tongking. Between Two Fires. London, Aug. 31
Chinese pirates for months past have been committing depredations on the Tong-king border. Lately 250 pirates were caught between two French columns in…
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LONDON, Sunday Afternoon.--By a fire at the sherry bodegas of Gonzalez, Byassee and Company, at Jerez de la Frontera, Spain, butts containing 25,000 dozen bottles…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Wine Store Fire. Flaming Liquor Escapes. Orange Grove Flooded. London, Aug. 30
A fire occurred iu Gonzalez, Byass, and Company's sherry bodega, at Jerez de la Frontera, Southern Spain. Butts containing 25,000 dozen bottles of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Return to Port Melbourne. Fire Brigades Torchlight Procession. Sad Fate of Australian Pets
The men set off to the station in several divisions with a big interval between each, so that in effectthey represented so many separate processions in themselves. The…
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Information received concerning the bush fire which was observed from here in the direction of Sesbania states that the fire burned nearly a week, and swept portion of…
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COROWA, Wednesday.—Mr. Albert Sheehan, who recently purchased a farm from Mr. Farr. was absent from home on Monday, during which time his house and all the contents…
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Procession of Fire Engines in the Domain…
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From Winton (Queensland) comes news of disastrous bush fires. Details 30 far are meagre, but they already show that portions of Manuka,…
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LONDON, Thursday Evening.—The great fires which are raging in California hare reached the mammoth grove of sequoia trees at Calaveras, and there is little hope of saving them. One…
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LONDON, Thursday.--An outbreak of fire, which was quickly extinguished, took place at Colombo, in number three hold of the North-German-Lloyd mail steamer Roon,…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Sequoia Trees California's Famous Grove Threatened by Forest Fires London, Thursday, 2.55 p.m
Forest fires now raging in Calaveras County, California have reached the famous "Mammoth Grove" of sequola trees, and there is little hope of saving It…
Continued on Trove, page 5 →Fire on the Roon. Damage to Cargo. London, Sept. 3
A fire occurred in No. 3 hold of the Norddeutscher Lloyd steamer Roon, from Sydney August 12, while lying at Colombo. The flames were quickly extinguished. Fire…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Bush Fires at Winton. Winton (Q.)
Further information regarding the recent bush fires states that about 30,000 acres of country was burnt on the Manuka; 20,000 in Wyora, also a considerable area at Sesbania…
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